Jeremiah 49:20
“Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken against Edom,.... The decree of the Lord; the purpose and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Jeremiah 49:7-22
Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 49:7-22
The Edomites come next to receive their doom from God, by the mouth of Jeremiah: they also were old enemies to the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
they shall drag … of the flock mg. is scarcely intelligible. The figure is that of dogs or other fierce beasts seizing…
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